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A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your browser or on your device. When we refer to cookies, we may mean cookies and similar technologies, such as web pixels, tags. SDKs, GIFs, and beacons.
Cookies may be ‘first party’ cookies, which are set by the website you are visiting, or ‘third party’ cookies set by websites other than the one you are visiting.
We use both ‘session’ cookies, which expire when you close our browser, and ‘persistent’ cookies, which expire after a set period of time.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the sections below.
The types of cookies we use and why
Strictly Necessary cookies
About these cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and services. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website and services won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website and services as well as cookies for security and functionality purposes. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.
List of strictly necessary cookies
Cookie name
Purpose
Domain
Lifespan
OptanonConsent
Site, cube.global: Cookie app for use of cookie tracking per user.
cube.global
1 year
OptanonAlertBoxClosed
Site, cube.global: Cookie app for use of cookie tracking per user.
cube.global
1 year
Functionality cookies
About these cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website and services. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
List of functionality cookies
Cookie name
Purpose
Domain
Lifespan
hubspotutk
Site, cube.global: HubSpot visitor identity cookie. Ties a browser session to a HubSpot contact, enabling form submission tracking and CRM personalisation.
cube.global
5 months
__cf_bm
Site, cube.global: Cloudflare Bot Management cookie, present on HubSpot’s marketing/analytics domains and Vimeo. Used to detect and manage automated bot traffic; not used for tracking, analytics, or advertising purposes.
hs-analytics.net / hs-scripts.com / vimeo.com
Session
Analytical or Performance cookies
About these cookies
These allow us to recognise and count the number of users and to see how users move around our website and services when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website and services work, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
List of performance cookies
Cookie name
Purpose
Domain
Lifespan
_ga
Site, cube.global: Google Analytics. Assigns a randomly generated client identifier to distinguish unique users. Used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for analytics reports.
cube.global
1 year
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx
Site, cube.global: Tracking application cookie to feed info to GA4 for analytics.
cube.global
1 year
__hssc
Site, cube.global: HubSpot analytics. Tracks session count to determine whether the session number in __hstc should be incremented.
cube.global / HubSpot
Session
__hssrc
Site, cube.global: HubSpot analytics. Set when a new browser session starts; used alongside __hstc for session detection.
cube.global / HubSpot
Session
cookietest
Site, cube.global: HubSpot analytics. Checks whether the browser permits cookies; used to determine analytics tracking eligibility.
js-eu1.hs-analytics.net
Session
__hstc
Site, cube.global: HubSpot analytics. Main tracking cookie; records time of visit, pages visited, and whether the visitor is returning.
cube.global / HubSpot
5 months
Targeting cookies
About these cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website and services, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose so that they can serve you with relevant advertising on their websites.
List of targeting cookies
Cookie name
Purpose
Domain
Lifespan
bcookie
Site, cube.global: Tracking application cookie to feed info to LinkedIn Campaign Manager for advertising analytics.
linkedin.com
1 year
li_gc
Site, cube.global: Tracking application cookie to feed info to LinkedIn Campaign Manager for advertising analytics.
linkedin.com
5 months
lidc
Site, cube.global: Tracking application cookie to feed info to LinkedIn Campaign Manager for advertising analytics.
linkedin.com
Session
_gcl_au
Site, cube.global: Google AdSense conversion cookie. Measures advertisement efficiency across websites using Google Ads services.
cube.global / Google Ads
2 months
IDE
Site, cube.global: DoubleClick (Google Ads). Registers actions taken after seeing or clicking an advertisement; used to measure campaign effectiveness and support real-time bidding.
doubleclick.net
1 year
test_cookie
Site, cube.global: DoubleClick (Google Ads). Checks whether the browser supports cookies, in connection with DoubleClick advertising delivery.
doubleclick.net
Session
__cf_bm
Site, cube.global: Cloudflare Bot Management cookie, present on HubSpot’s marketing/forms domains and LinkedIn. Used to detect and manage automated bot traffic; not used for tracking, analytics, or advertising purposes.
hs-banner.com / hscollectedforms.net / hsforms.com / hubspot.com / linkedin.com
Session
What happens when you turn cookies off?
If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website or services. If you chose to disable cookies, you will need to turn them off for each device you use. Turning off cookies will not delete cookies from your browser. You will need to do this from your browser settings.
Choices about cookies
To manage your cookie preferences for our website cube.global at any time, please visit our CUBE Privacy Preference Centre.
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please send us an email at [email protected].